Hair + vacuum = cool!

Just realized I can use the vacuum to make the boys' hair into MOHAWKS! Will post pics soon. jj

We go March Break!

So the boys are off for their week of indulgence at Nana and Grandpa's house. "We go March BREAK!" as Rhett likes to yell to anyone who will listen. A few updates of note:

Rhett can read the word "Danger." At 2 and a half. We don't know how or why, but I'm sure all will be revealed in time. I wonder if it is related to his call to 911 a year ago.

Nate has discovered word finds. "Discovered," as in leaps out of bed in the morning to start doing them. He says he helps his bus driver do them while they wait for the rest of the kids. This is doing amazing things for his vocabulary, even if it is the "Garfield" edition. You never know how soon the world "hoagie" may come into your life.

Nate finished his swimming lessons yesterday. He beat all the "kid" levels in one try, so they are moving him into the colored badges for next session. The instructor said he is very confident, but not stupidly fearless. I hope he transitions these characteristics into all other risky sports.

LAST WEEK SYNOPSIS:
Rhett's hand surgery is over. Yay!
Rhett came down with the flu. Boo.
Rhett was feeling better. Yay!
Rhett stayed home again with the flu. Boo.
Rhett was feeling better! Yay!
Kevin came down with the flu. Boo.
Everyone is feeling better, and the kids can go on March BREAK... yay!

Fun Rhett moment, in the public washroom at CHEO:
"Mommy, I very proud of you! You used the potty, you didn't go in your pants!"

Cool Nate moment:
When he got up in the morning after staying in Petawawa, I saw Nate get out of bed, pause, go back and pet the cat on the bed, and kiss it on the head, before running up to go see if his cousins were up yet. Random kindness... too cool.

Well, no updates for a while as the boys are away and the parents will play.

Rhett goes to the Doctor

This has been one of those weeks where we interact with doctors a lot. On a personal level, I started fertility treatments yesterday to donate eggs to a couple we know who are infertile. But HEY, this blog isn't about that, it's about the kids.

Rhett's appointment on Monday was in Cornwall at the pediatrician. We waited 2.5 hours to be seen--at about the 2 hour mark, Rhett yelled at the receptionist "Where's THAT DOCTOR??", repeating something his mom may have said quietly.

Rhett's been seeing the pediatician for juicy poopy pants and being so small. Remember on the Simpsons when Bart tells the miniature horse he wouldn't be so small if he didn't poop so much? Well, that's the deal with Rhett. So they tested him for parasites, and Gilbert's syndrome, and liver failure, and cystic fibrosis, and some other stuff, and thankfully came up with nothing. At this appointment the doctor actually showed us that his growth has moved into the "normal" range, which was the best news yet. I have been stuffing him full of ice cream ever since for being such as good kid and eating his dinner now and then.

And Wednesday, we were at CHEO, where they are monitoring Rhett's bone condition. All the cysts are stabilized, except the big ole one on his hand. So they're going to operate and take that one off soon, so the boy may still be a muscian yet.

WHen I asked Rhett if he wanted the doctors to take his bo-bo off, he sighed and said "yes.... it's okay, mom." I guess I must have sounded a little stressed over it all. So we'll find out some time this year when his surgery will be.

And for good measure, here's a picture of the little stinkers. I have to go pick them up from daycare in a few minutes anyway.

In the Beginning...

This is a blog dedicated to keeping up with the Jameses... in particular, two young boys named Nathaniel Lawrence James, and Rhett Timothy James. How this blog came about is, in a way, a dedication of this blog. A bit more than a year ago, a friend of Kevin's had his first son, who they named Gibson. I am not close with Kevin's friend, but man do I love reading about Gibson! I realized that those little stories that happen day to day make you feel close to someone, and I now feel close to a little boy I've never met, whose parents I barely know. Why? Because I keep up with his day to day on the blog.

So, it occured to me that I have lots of friends and family who might be interested in keeping up with Nate and Rhett. If you received an invite to this blog, you're one of them. I'm going to try to post lots of pictures, and talk about the little, funny things from day to day. That will be my next post. Enjoy!